Independent stop mechanism for turret-lathes.



J. G. OLIVER. INDEPENDENT STOP MECHANISM FOR TURRET LATHES. APPLICATION FILED APR. 3, 1906.

976,904. Patented Nov. 29, mm.

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APPLICATION FILED .AiIR. 3, 1906.

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Patented Nov. 29, 1910.

UNITED STATES Jonn'e. omvnnor cLsvELAnn, OHIO.

mnnrnn'nnnr sror mncnamsm non TURRET-LATHES! Cleveland, in the counay of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new or backward its required.

and useful Improvement in Independent Stop Mechanism for Turret-Lathes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact de-, scription.

The invention consists in the simple and novel mechanism shown in the drawing and g,

hereinafter described and claimed, whereby the turret slide will be brought to a standstill whenever any turret tool shall have completed its work. The invention also includes the nieanssubstuntially as shown forjrendering the stop mechanism inoperative for a greater or rless tune; and alsothe means foi'jdlsconnectlng the turret slide from the power feeclwhen the lathe is equipped with power feed.

In the drawings, Figure-l is a rear-elevation of a turret lathe equipped .lwith"rny, nvention. Fig. 2 is a planjvicw of therear end of said turret lathe. v .;il3 ig'.'3.is a. central longitudinal sectionfof Said turret, lathe. Fig. s'is sectional plan view in the plane indicated by line 4--4 drawn on Flg. 3.

Fig. 5 is an elevationof the lower part of.

the turret from the rear side thereof...

Referring to the parts by letters, A rQPl'G-, senis thc'part of :1. lathe on which the t1 u'r'etslide B is supported. This supporting member may be the bed of the i'nachine, or a saddle adjustably secured to said bed. The slide is provided upon its under side with a longitudinal rack b adapted to he engaged by a pinion c on. a shaft C mounted in the member A of the machine. This shaft may have on its projecting ront end the wheel or handles a by which the shaft may be turned to move theturret slide B forward D represents the turret which iscarried at the front end of the slide B,and is mounted thereon so that it maybe turned on a vertical axis to bring any one of its tool sockets into the workin position in alinement with the live spinole. In machines of this kind, suitable mechanism is usually pro vided for automatically turning this turret so asto successively bring its tool sockets into the working position, and for 10 king the turret in its several working posi ions" Such turret turning and locking mechanism is no part eithepresent invention and is:

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filedfA-pril 3,

1906. Serial No. 309,599.

not shown in detail. So far as the present invention' is concerned, theturret i'lizightbe turned by hand. On the bottom of the turret. is a cam (Z for operating a longitudinally extended rock shaft E which .is mounted in the slide B, but is incapable 0-1: enclwise movement relative to said slide; A spring a may be provided for turning this rock shaft backto what may he called its initial position. Theram d is for the purpose of moving said shaft, step by step, away from that initial position; The-cam may operate upon any suitable mechanism which will muse the shaft to-so turn: In' the con struction shown, the shaft-E-is provided'with an arm e which-carriesa crank pin '6'", {This pin projects beneath and into, engagement -with the lower face of the'cam (1. At the rear end offthis rocleshaft E afin'gere is fixed. This-finger is ineapable'of movement independently of the turret slide and lengthwise of shaft E. In the construction shown the finger passes OHt'fIORT lIhB shaft through a slot in a bracket piece-\V- secured. to the rear end of the turret'islide, whihlr'slot is only wide enough to let'said fiuger'swinjzfreely therein when the shaftE turns.

G G represents longitudinally extended stop bars supported directly, or indirectly by the member A of the machine, these stop bars being arranged equirlist-antly in the arc of a circle, of which the axisof-the'shaft E is the center, and at a distance from that axis less than the length of the finger 6 Each one of these stop bars associated with one of the tool sockets oftheturret-j from which it follows that there should he as many stop bars as there are tool sockets; In the present example, six of said bars are shown,

and theturret is-supposed to have six tool sockets. r a

When the shaft E is in its normal or initial position, the finger e is alinedwith-the right hand stop her G. lVhen the turret is turned the angular distance requiredto bring the next tool socket thereon intoworkfing, positio'n,-thatis to say, in the present instance, one-sixth of the revolution,-the cam (Z, will, during said angular movement of the turret, turn the rock shaft enough to bring the finger-e into a-linement with the next stop bar G. This action will herepeated, and the rock shaft E progressively turned, as the turretis turned,1nntil the turrot is making that movement which brings- Patented Nov, 29, 1910.

,itback to its first position. Thepart of cam d which, during this final movement of I the turret, will enga e with pin a, is steeply cut away thereby a owing spring e to return the rock shaft E to its initial position.

It is sometimes desirable to put these antomatic stop bars out of action, so that, an

.operator may move theturret slide forward beyond the position in which-it would otherwise be stopped by said stop bars. In the present construction, this may be accomplished by' turning the finger e to the left (as viewed from the rear end of. the machine) until it is past the last or left hand stop bar G. It may be locked in this positionby any suitable means, as for example,

by means of a-latch lever K pivoted to the end of the turret slideand adapted to be swung into a transverse notch e in the end of the rock shaft E.

When the lathe is not equipped with a power feed to move the turret slide forward, the stop bars G may be secured to an immovable part' of or attachment to the base late; as if for example, the block M is provided. That is to say, the said block- M is hun on two horizontal bolts 0, a, on

[which sai block may slide a short distance before being brought to rest by engagement with the bed A.

A lever N is pivoted as at p to the bed plate in a slot a therein; and thislever may be connected by any suitable means with any suitable clutch or other analogous device in the train of mechanism connecting shaft C with the power. This slot a and lover are in the plane of movement of block M; and when the shaft 0 is connected with the power, said lever projects out of said slot into the position shown in Figs. 1 and ii. To disconnect said clutch, it is necessary to swing the lever forward into said slot If. This block M carries a hardened steel pin m adaptedto engage with the lever N.

When the turret slide, moving in the working direction, brings the finger- 6" against one of the stop bars G, thefirstefl'ect is to push said bar and thereby move the block M until further movement is prevented by the engagement of the block with the end of the bed plate. DurIng thismoVement, the pin m pushing against the lever N pushds it into the slot a and the said lever, by so moving disen ages shaft C from the power. The power 'eed being thus disconnected, the slide may be and will be stopped in the desired position, namely. that positiogj which it will occupy when block M is in an engagement with the bed plate, and the finger e is in an engagement. with the proper stop bar Gg In the specific construction shown a worm wheel 0 is secured to shaft (J. A worm '1 normally engages with and rotates vsaid worm wheel. This worm which may be constantly rotated by any suitable mechanism is mounted in a box 5 which is pivoted to the side of the lathe bed. A link V con nects this box with a lever V pivoted also to the bed. ()n this lever is a pm a having a beveled face which may be engaged by a beveled face pin a on lever N. Wheuthe lever N is in the position shown in Fig.2 these two beveled faces by their enga ement have caused box S to be'raised so t ml) the worm '1 is in engagement with the worm a wheel a. When lever N is pushed into slot a, as before explained, the box S will be swung down by gravit sons to disconnect 5 it from the worm whee 0 The specific releasable connection between shaft C and the power feed is not an essential of the invention herein described and claimed.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a turret lathe, the combination of a turret slide, a support therefor, a turret on said slide, releasable power' meehanism for feeding the turret slide, a longitudinal roclc shaft upon the turret slide, a finger secured to'the rear' end of said rock shaft and incapable of moving lengthwise thereof independently of the slide, two horizontal guide ars secured to the rear end of the slide sup ort, a block slidably supported upon sai guide bars, a series of independently adjustable stops supported by said block in the ran e of said finger, a lever pivoted to said bed on a vertical pivot and projecting between the block and the end of the bed, a mechanism controlled by said'lever for disengaging the power feeding mechanism from the turret slide.

2. In a turret lathe the combination of a turret slide, a support therefor, a turret on said slide, a longitudinal rock shaft mounted upon the turret slide, a finger secured to the rear end of said rock shaft, mechanism transmitting motion from the turret to' the rockshaft, a series of longitudinally ex tended stop bars in the range of said finger and adjustabl y connected with the support for the slide, and a latch for holding said finger out of line with any of said stop bars.

In testimony-whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN G. OLIVER.

Witnesses i E. L. TIIUHS'ION, l). I. Gmcums'r. 

